Total Crime Rate
582.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ventnor Road area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Squires Gate , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 494 local areas in Blackpool .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ventnor Road (FY4 1LD) in the last 12 months was 582.5 per 1,000 residents and was 681.0% higher than the Squires Gate average (74.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 265.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ventnor Road (FY4 1LD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Squires Gate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Swanage Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harrowside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horncliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Tudor Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harrowside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boscombe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Seabourne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanage Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodstock Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Horncliffe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Kenilworth Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bournemouth Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kenilworth Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimbourne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kenilworth Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosebery Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burlington Road West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Road West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscombe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Avenue | Under investigation |
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